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Coach: 365 Days of Inspiration for Coaches and Players
Whether you coach a team, you're a parent, you're a CEO, or you simply want what's best for your friends and family—you are a coach. And as a coach, it is your duty to help the people you love become the-best-version-of-themselves. Behind every great athlete is a string of great coaches. They come into our lives at different times for different reasons, to teach us many lessons or to teach us just one lesson. Behind every game-winning play, you'll find a coach demanding better. Behind every grueling stride toward the finish line, you'll find a coach pushing, sweating, encouraging. Behind every difficult life decision made—and made well—you'll find a coach who knows what reaching your true potential looks like. Within these pages, you'll find encouragement and wisdom from the world's greatest coaches and athletes—including Vince Lombardi, John Wooden, Muhammad Ali, and more—to help you coach with great courage and to be coached with great humility.
382 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2020
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Matthew Kelly
194 books1,424 followersMatthew Kelly is a best-selling author, speaker, thought leader, entrepreneur, consultant, spiritual leader, and innovator.
He has dedicated his life to helping people and organizations become the-best-version-of-themselves. Born in Sydney, Australia, he began speaking and writing in his late teens while he was attending business school. Since that time, 5 million people have attended his seminars and presentations in more than 50 countries.
Today, Kelly is an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and business consultant. His books have been published in more than 30 languages, have appeared on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, and have sold more than 50 million copies.
In his early-twenties he developed "the-best-version-of-yourself" concept and has been sharing it in every arena of life for more than twenty-five years. It is quoted by presidents and celebrities, athletes and their coaches, business leaders and innovators, though perhaps it is never more powerfully quoted than when a mother or father asks a child, "Will that help you become the-best-version-of-yourself?"
Kelly's personal interests include golf, music, art, literature, investing, spirituality, and spending time with his wife, Meggie, and their children Walter, Isabel, Harry, Ralph, and Simon.
He has dedicated his life to helping people and organizations become the-best-version-of-themselves. Born in Sydney, Australia, he began speaking and writing in his late teens while he was attending business school. Since that time, 5 million people have attended his seminars and presentations in more than 50 countries.
Today, Kelly is an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and business consultant. His books have been published in more than 30 languages, have appeared on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, and have sold more than 50 million copies.
In his early-twenties he developed "the-best-version-of-yourself" concept and has been sharing it in every arena of life for more than twenty-five years. It is quoted by presidents and celebrities, athletes and their coaches, business leaders and innovators, though perhaps it is never more powerfully quoted than when a mother or father asks a child, "Will that help you become the-best-version-of-yourself?"
Kelly's personal interests include golf, music, art, literature, investing, spirituality, and spending time with his wife, Meggie, and their children Walter, Isabel, Harry, Ralph, and Simon.
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September 3, 2020
Over the last 6 years I have read books by Matthew Kelly 28 times, and that does not count some of his children’s books that have been read many times over. I am always excited when a new volume from Matthew is coming out, and eagerly await its release. This was the first of two that released around the same time, the other being I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life's Essential Daily Habit. In some ways this book reminds me a lot of Kelly’s books In A World Where You Can be Anything ... and The Book Of Courage. All three are collections of quotes. This volume has a quote a day for the year, including February 29th.
Both May 29th and 31st have the same quite:
“If everyone in my locker room is bright, smart, motivated and a team player, we have a chance to beat anyone that we play.”
-David Shaw
-Head football Coach
And the quotes on January 7th and September 23rd are almost identical:
“Today, do what others won’t so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can’t.”
-Simon Biles
-U.S. Olympic Gymnast
and
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”
-Jerry Rice
-NFL Player
So with the duplicate and the near identical you end up with 364 motivational quotes. The quotes are great. There are a few sources that surprised me. With his fall from grace a quote from Lance Armstrong was surprising to encounter. But assuming it is the whole speck and log thing. There is a great introduction by Matthew Kelly that ends with:
“An adequate coach teaches. A good coach leads. A great coach inspires. The best coaches love.
You are a coach. What kind of coach will you be?”
And that introduction begins with:
“You are a coach. Weather you’re aware of it or now, you are a coach. How do I know? Because everyone is a coach. You may not wear a uniform and give signals from third base. You may not draft up plays and give post-dame interviews. You may not even follow sports. But You are a coach.
Everyone is a coach.
And everyone needs coaching.”
And this book provides some great motivation. This is one of those books that can be given to new graduates. Found in a business library. Or even as a bathroom reader. But I feel is falls just short of the mark. It is a good book but it could have been a great book. The two things I feel it was missing to make it great, would have been a conclusion by Kelly tying it back together for us as those being coached and coaching. And an index. It could use an index of contributors.
It is a good read. My son who is only 13 has already asked me to read it when I finish. It will be popular. And a great gift book for years to come. Another excellent motivation volume compiled by Matthew Kelly!
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Matthew Kelly.
Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2020 Catholic Reading Plan!
Both May 29th and 31st have the same quite:
“If everyone in my locker room is bright, smart, motivated and a team player, we have a chance to beat anyone that we play.”
-David Shaw
-Head football Coach
And the quotes on January 7th and September 23rd are almost identical:
“Today, do what others won’t so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can’t.”
-Simon Biles
-U.S. Olympic Gymnast
and
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”
-Jerry Rice
-NFL Player
So with the duplicate and the near identical you end up with 364 motivational quotes. The quotes are great. There are a few sources that surprised me. With his fall from grace a quote from Lance Armstrong was surprising to encounter. But assuming it is the whole speck and log thing. There is a great introduction by Matthew Kelly that ends with:
“An adequate coach teaches. A good coach leads. A great coach inspires. The best coaches love.
You are a coach. What kind of coach will you be?”
And that introduction begins with:
“You are a coach. Weather you’re aware of it or now, you are a coach. How do I know? Because everyone is a coach. You may not wear a uniform and give signals from third base. You may not draft up plays and give post-dame interviews. You may not even follow sports. But You are a coach.
Everyone is a coach.
And everyone needs coaching.”
And this book provides some great motivation. This is one of those books that can be given to new graduates. Found in a business library. Or even as a bathroom reader. But I feel is falls just short of the mark. It is a good book but it could have been a great book. The two things I feel it was missing to make it great, would have been a conclusion by Kelly tying it back together for us as those being coached and coaching. And an index. It could use an index of contributors.
It is a good read. My son who is only 13 has already asked me to read it when I finish. It will be popular. And a great gift book for years to come. Another excellent motivation volume compiled by Matthew Kelly!
Read the review on my blog Book Reviews and More and reviews of other books by Matthew Kelly.
Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2020 Catholic Reading Plan!
Displaying 1 of 1 review